British Armour Theory and the Rise of the ...

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Beschreibung

Utilizing hitherto untapped archival sources, Azar Gat overturns recent historiographical trends in the study of British and German armour developments between the two World Wars. He reinstates British pioneering theory and practice as the inspiration for the creators of the Panzer arm that made possible Germany's 'Blitzkrieg' victories in the opening stage of World War II.

Über den Autor

AZAR GAT is Associate Professor in the Department of political Science, Tel Aviv University, Israel. His earlier books include: The Origins of Military Thought from the Enlightenment to Clausewitz, The Development of Military Thought: The Nineteenth Century, and Fascist and Liberal Visions of War: Fuller, Liddell Hart, Douhet, and Other Modernists.

Zusammenfassung

1 Reappraisal of development of British and German armour theory between the world wars
2 Reverses recent revisionist literature to argue German Panzer arm influenced by British theory and practice
3 Continuing interest in this aspect of 'Blitzkrieg' victories at start of World War II

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface Acknowledgements LIDDELL HART'S THEORY OF ARMOURED WARFARE Deep Strategic Penetration Combating 'Blitzkrieg' The All-arms Armoured Formation BRITISH INFLUENCE AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE PANZER ARM Origins: The 1920s and Early '30s The Creation of the Panzer Arm Conclusion Bibliography Index

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2000
Genre:	Importe , Politikwissenschaften
Rubrik:	Wissenschaften
Medium:	Buch
Reihe:	St Antony's Series
Inhalt:	xi 125 S.
ISBN-13:	9780333773482
ISBN-10:	0333773489
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Gebunden
Autor:	Gat, A.
Hersteller:	Palgrave Macmillan St Antony's Series
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, D-69121 Heidelberg, juergen.hartmann@springer.com
Maße:	222 x 145 x 13 mm
Von/Mit:	A. Gat
Erscheinungsdatum:	06.01.2000
Gewicht:	0,319 kg